Helping your toddler with nursery anxiety

The morning a toddler starts nursery for the first time is one of those moments that stays with parents long after the child has settled in. For some children, the separation feels sudden and confusing — even if they are surrounded by kindness. Rituals help: the same goodbye, the same words, the same small thing they carry in their pocket. And sometimes, a story that names the feeling — of missing, and of coming back — is exactly what a child needs to hear the night before.